Implement holder

Abstract

An implement holder is disclosed. One embodiment provides an implement retention device including a main body having an attachment surface to secure the implement retention device to a mounting surface, a device retention surface having a retention slot that is wider than a device to be stored therein, the retention slot having a first side having an overhanging portion on at least a proximal end of the slot and a second side having an overhanging portion on at least a distal end of the retention slot, and a first magnet adjacent to the first side overhanging portion and a second magnet adjacent to the second overhanging portion, wherein when an implement is situated within the retention slot, the magnets rotate the implement and secures it behind the first overhanging portion and second overhanging portion. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An implement retention device, comprising:
 a main body having an attachment surface to secure the implement retention device to a mounting surface; 
 a device retention surface having a retention slot that is wider than a device to be stored therein, the retention slot having a first side having an overhanging portion on at least a proximal end of the slot and a second side having an overhanging portion on at least a distal end of the retention slot; 
 a first magnet adjacent to the first side overhanging portion and a second magnet adjacent to the second overhanging portion, wherein when an implement is situated within the retention slot, the magnets rotate the implement and secures it behind the first overhanging portion and second overhanging portion. 
 
     
     
       2. The implement retention device of  claim 1 , further comprising a knife with a thickness that is less than a gap under the first and second overhanging portions, wherein the knife rotates into a secured position under the overhanging portions by magnetic force and is mechanically held in at least one-direction by the overhanging portion. 
     
     
       3. The knife of  claim 2 , further comprising a first and second chamfered edge, wherein each chamfered edge mates underneath the first and second overhanging portions. 
     
     
       4. The implement retention device of  claim 1 , wherein the first overhanging portion has a first ramped surface between the overhanging portion and the main body of the implement retention device and the second overhanging portion has a second ramped surface between the overhanging portion and the main body of the implement retention device, wherein the first and second ramped surfaces are configured to receive implements having different thicknesses. 
     
     
       5. The implement retention device of  claim 4 , wherein the first and second ramped surfaces are indexed with a plurality of stepped surfaces to receive a plurality of specifically sized implements. 
     
     
       6. The implement retention device of  claim 1 , wherein the retention slot has a base surface having an annular ring to encourage a substantially central alignment of the implement when it is placed and rotated within the retention slot. 
     
     
       7. An implement retention device, comprising:
 a main body having an attachment surface to secure the device to a mounting surface; and 
 a device retention surface having a retention slot to store an implement therein, the retention slot having a first sidewall and a second sidewall, with first sidewall being adjacent to a recessed back portion and the second sidewall being adjacent to a mounting surface having a magnet, wherein when an implement is placed within the retention slot, the first sidewall and second sidewall constrain the implement in at least one dimension and the magnet holds the implement within the slot, wherein to remove the implement from the retention slot, the implement is pressed near the first sidewall and the implement rotates into the recessed back portion as the opposing side of the implement is rotated away from the magnet and the second sidewall.